Population


POP/762
28 March 2000


Press Release
POP/762


WOMEN SHOULD RECEIVE EXPANDED HEALTH CARE, COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT TOLD

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Women should receive expanded health care as they often died prematurely due to poor health delivery systems, the Commission on Population and Development was told this afternoon, as it continued its general debate on national experiences in population matters.

POP/757
24 March 2000


Press Release
POP/757


WORLD POPULATION GROWTH WILL OCCUR IN URBAN AREAS OF WORLD, UNITED NATIONS REPORT STATES

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NEW YORK, 23 March (DESA) -- Virtually all population growth from now until 2030 will be concentrated in the urban areas of the world. By 2007, the number of urban dwellers is also expected to exceed the number of rural dwellers for the first time in history.

POP/756*
21 March 2000


Press Release
POP/756*


EGYPTIAN HEALTH MINISTER, MEXICAN FAMILY PLANNING FOUNDATION WIN 2000 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD

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NEW YORK, 20 March (UNFPA) -- Ismail Awadallah Sallam, the Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, and a Mexican Family Planning organization, Fundaci(n Mexicana para la Planificaci(n Familiar (MEXFAM), will share the 2000 United Nations Population Award.